First GTX-A train delivered by Hyundai Rotem
The “GTX”. If you live in Korea, it’s one of those projects that you may have seen on signs, election campaigns, and real estate listings for years now. Now, we’re...
Lotte World Tower opens
123 floors. 555 meters. These are the main characteristics of the Lotte World Tower. It opens to the public today on April 3rd after nearly three decades of development. The...
Seoul Subway Operators to Merge Next Year
Yesterday Seoul announced that Seoul Metro and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) would be merged together following a majority vote from the unions of both corporations. Seoul Metro operates the majority...
Guil Station Finally Gets Another Exit
There aren’t too many stations in Seoul with only one exit and now there is one less, with the addition of another exit at Guil Station (구일역) on Line 1. While...
Seoul 7017 Project under Risk
Update – 25.11.15: At a press conference today Seoul announced that the permanent closure is pushed back to 13 December. MOLIT submitted their final decision today but Seoul still has...
‘Before and After’ – Public space transformations in Korea
This is a guest post by Yuval Fogelson. He is an urban designer, based in São Paulo, Brazil, currently working at Def Projetos, an architecture office specializing in urban projects,...
Plans for Huge Multi-mode COEX Transfer Center
In August, plans for a huge underground transfer center in Gangnam between Samseong Station (Line 2) and Bongeunsa Station (Line 9) were unveiled by Seoul. Located next to the busy COEX...
Sejong City, the Korean Dream
Korea almost moved the capital from Seoul to a new, planned city in the middle of the country. The city I’m talking about is Sejong City which was opened officially on...
Not Enough Escalators in Gangbuk
A recent article from Yonhap highlighted the fact there are almost twice the number of escalators installed at subway stations in Seoul south of the Han River (Gangnam) compared to those in...
Flooding in Seoul
The summer monsoon in Korea begun this year later than expected. Until now the rain amount wasn’t high in Seoul. Usually as soon as the monsoon rain begins, news reports...